This paper discusses health vulnerabilities of children in general followed by an analysis of data regarding health scenario of children below five years of age from

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Highlighted by sensational titles such as "The endangered sex" (Miller, 1981) or "More than 100 million women are missing" (Sen, 1992), studies have long drawn attention to the unfavourable life chances of females versus males in various parts of East and South Asia.

There is a growing recognition that gynaecological morbidity is an important health problem among poor women in India.